Fa Mulan

obedient, emotional, etc. The characteristics that are shown in Disney movies do show the differences between the stereotypical masculine traits and the stereotypical feminine traits. These traits are definitely evident in the movies Sleeping Beauty and Mulan. Both of these films have numerous depictions of these traits with the characters that are portraying these specific gender roles. In the movie Sleeping Beauty, the narrator begins by telling the story of King Stephen and his fair queen.…

The legend of Mulan, a brave young Chinese girl who pretends to be a man and joins the army in order to help her old father, is an example of stories of women characters that take the non-traditional role of warrior. This figure that challenges traditional role models had been a source of inspiration for many young Chinese girls. Inspired by this legend, Maxine Hong Kingston narrates the powerful memories that she recalls of growing up in a Chinese-American family. In her book The Warrior…

Mulan For this essay, I have chosen the Disney movie, Mulan. This Disney movie tells a story about a young woman who is having a hard time finding her place in her Chinese culture in that she does not fit into the traditional society at the time. She wants to be able to honor her family in doing the right things but cannot seem to. When a war starts between the Huns and the Chinese, Mulan takes the place of her father who is too old to fight in the war. She goes to fight in the war and had to…

not to accept the quest. However, the feminine journey differs, instead the protagonist determines there is something about their life that must change, and only they themselves, through their own free will, can resolve it. Characters such as Alba, Fa Mulan/ Kingston, and Rahel take the challenge to tackle their deepest psychological issues while simultaneously confronting the patriarchy and political corruption. These female authors successfully preserve the female voice and challenge…

Analysis: Kingston recollects her mother’s story telling about heroic Chinese females, similar to Fa Mu Lan, the young lady who went to fight for her father and returned a national legend. Kingston thinks her mother prepares her with the legends of solid women that she could develop into. That is what made Kingston feel that she can be a warrior woman; it is not impossible. In Kingston’s fantasy, she started to follow a bird up into the mounts until she passed by a shelter of an old couples,…

discussing the topic of women’s roles in China, I think the movie, Mulan, truly identifies what a Chinese woman was about. Women in China were often ignored and treated with little respect. They were often spotted indoors doing house work, while their husband were outside doing all the hard labor. Also, as a woman, there were a lot of expectations of bringing honor to the family that were all mentioned in the film. In my opinion, Mulan is historically accurate when analyzing on the topic of…

Katniss and Mulan Katniss and Mulan are characters that exist during totally different times in history. This affects the development of their character and the way they behave during key points in their life. The Hunger Games takes place sometime in the future where the government controls the lives of the 12 poor districts that exist. Mulan, takes place in Ancient China where because of traditional customs women have been taught to be inferior to men. Katniss and Mulan are extremely talented…

Mulan is a popular movie about a girl from China. Many people enjoy the movie without thinking about its true meaning. The storyline describes how the protagonist, Mulan, goes to war in her father's place to protect her family, and to prove herself. This is because throughout the whole movie, her family asks her to bring “honor to the family” and how she needs to “look like a perfect bride”. Her family wants her to be someone that she is not. Similar to Mulan, Squeaky, the protagonist of the…

Often times, people perceive women as weak - it's seen in the fairytales with the dainty damsel in distress, waiting for a man to save her, as seen even in modern takes of stories like Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty. This sort of submissive take on females has been told over and over since the beginning of our history when men hunted and left women to give birth and gather fruits. The weakness of women has been woven into story after story, until we believe it to be a universal truth and allow men…

paper is Mulan. The story or movie of Mulan is about a war that took place in China. It was China versus the Huns. In the movie the emperor gets information that the Hans have invade china and that they were destroying villages in China. The emperor than decided to send his entire army out to protect his people. This caused the emperor to implement a draft that required one male from every family to join the army with no exceptions. This is where the character Mulan comes into the story. Mulan…